Your Ordinary World: November 16, 2018

Focus: What is your ordinary world, and to what extend are you in conflict with it?

PLEASE PRINT AND TURN IN YOUR ESSAY BY 4:00 PM TODAY.

1. Warming up with your ordinary world and your special world

2. Jigsawing into mixed grid groups to educate each other on the classical hero's journey; click HERE for the note-taking grid

Topic #1:
How does each hero fulfill the steps of the monomyth?

Topic #2:
What strengths do all four Greek heroes share? How would you characterize their flaws?

Topic #3:
Why do you think we're all still drawn to these heroes? Why do modern heroic journeys still imitate these classical myths?

3. Independent reading / book club reading

HW:
1. For TODAY: Print and turn in your essay.

2. For TUESDAY AFTER BREAK: Assigned book club reading and syllabus (determined by your group).